Describes a one-day workshop in which teachers examined how science and art activities can be integrated in the classroom. Emphasis is on the activities, which can be used by elementary school children. (JN)

Reviews ERIC documents on communication skills, written by people in fields other than speech communication. (PD)

Provides an overview of some current developments in services for children and their families, examining the extent to which parents and child caretakers are client recipients or partners in interventions made on their behalf. (RH)

Economics education faces a paradoxical situation in Scotland. While advances have been made over the past decade in curriculum development and economics is regarded by national educational authorities as an important part of the secondary school curriculum, problems remain with enrollments and finding qualified teachers. (IS)

Specialized education for Native Americans (Indians) has taken alternate forms. The challenge to help make this educational program effective is analyzed, and an interdisciplinary approach is suggested. (JMK)

Presents a mini unit to help children critically evaluate opinions they hold about maligned animals. This involves: asking students to list animals they disfavor, having students monitor television programs that treat animals disrespectfully, and forming "public relations" teams to support and promote a disliked animal. (BC)

A lesson on the French Revolution illustrates how reading, writing, reasoning, and researching skills can be integrated into history instruction. (RM)

In this learning activity, which is used in an 11th-grade ancient history course in Canada, students are asked to assume that they are archaeologists of the far-distant future. They are given a box of artifacts that they must analyze to determine what the future society is like. (RM)

Methods for using fiction and nonfiction to teach mapping and geographical skills are discussed. Three activities for use at the elementary, middle, and high school levels are presented. Additional books that can be used are described. (RM)

Outlines five directions foreign language programs can take and makes the following recommendations for classroom teaching: (1) link foreign languages with international studies and (2) teach languages for career purposes, (3) for intercommunity understanding, (4) for insight into the process of communication, and (5) to serve as a key to…

The need for arts and humanities instruction in the British polytechnics is supported, and it is noted that the concept of creativity is better conveyed through the arts and humanities than through strictly technical instruction. (MSE)

Recommends taking the indirect approach of historical understanding to make English PhDs better academic politicians. (CRH)

A three-component geriatric-gerontology program developed at the University of Utah is described that consists of a lecture course, clinical clerkships, and a gerontology certificate program. This multidisciplinary approach enables students to gain a broad perspective in the complex health care of the elderly. (Author/MLW)

Compares education in technology contrasted to education about technology by discussing epidemic models and public health engineering to illustrate problems in developing the former type of course. Problem areas include course emphasis (artifacts or system analysis), role of hands-on experiences, and the transdisciplinary nature of technology. (BC)

Interdisciplinary studies are not only desirable but possible in the fiscal, ideological, and organizational context of the 1980s. Interdisciplinary studies are defined as inquiries that draw critically upon two or more disciplines and that lead to an integration of disciplinary insights. (MLW)